WOW Reads

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  • WOW Reads: Episode 7: MSRAP Reads Distress Signal by Mary E. Lambert

    Join the WOW Center Middle School Reading Ambassadors as we discuss Distress Signal by Mary E. Lambert.

    This podcast was recorded in the Digital Innovation and Learning Lab (DIALL) in the UArizona College of Education with assistance from the UA COE Tech Team.

    Co-Producer: Rebecca Ballenger, WOW Center Associate Director
    Co-Producer: Sara Logan, WOW MSRAP Literature Discussant and COE Graduate Student
    Audio Engineer: Liam Arias, WOW Student Employee and Radio, TV, Film Major
    Coordinator: Vianey Torres, WOW Student Employee and Nursing Major

    For more information on the WOW Middle School Reading Ambassadors (MSRAP), visit wowlit.org. 

    We Can Promote Global Literature Together!

    The Worlds of Words Reading Ambassador program is completely free for participants who receive a book for themselves and a book to share with their school librarian, ELA/English teacher, or other school entity. If you would like to support this program, please make a gift on-line through the University of Arizona Foundation.

    Thank you for listening and keep reading!

    17 min
  • WOW Reads: Episode 6 - TRAP Reads Echoes of Grace by Guadalupe García McCall

    Join the WOW Center Teen Reading Ambassadors (TRAP) as we discuss Echoes of Grace by Guadalupe García McCall.

    Special shout out to Tucson Festival of Books!

    This podcast was recorded in the Digital Innovation and Learning Lab (DIALL) in the UArizona College of Education with assistance from the UA COE Tech Team.

    Co-Producer: Rebecca Ballenger, WOW Center Associate Director
    Co-Producer: Sara Logan, RAP Literature Discussant and COE Graduate Student
    Audio Engineer: Liam Arias, Student Employee and Radio, TV, Film Major
    Coordinator: Vianey Torres, WOW Student Employee and Nursing Major

    For more information on the WOW Teen Reading Ambassadors (TRAP), visit wowlit.org.

    We Can Promote Global Literature Together!

    The Worlds of Words Reading Ambassador program is completely free for participants who receive a book for themselves and a book to share with their school librarian, ELA/English teacher, or other school entity. If you would like to support this program, please make a gift on-line through the University of Arizona Foundation.

    Thank you for listening and keep reading!

    16 min
  • WOW Reads: Episode 5 - MSRAP Reads The Many Assassinations of Samir the Seller of Dreams by Daniel Nayeri

    Join the WOW Center Middle School Reading Ambassadors (MSRAP) as we discuss The Many Assassinations of Samir the Seller of Dreams by Daniel Nayeri.

    This podcast was recorded in the Digital Innovation and Learning Lab (DIALL) in the UArizona College of Education with assistance from the UA COE Tech Team.

    Co-Producer: Rebecca Ballenger, WOW Center Associate Director
    Co-Producer: Sara Logan, WOW MSRAP Literature Discussant and COE Graduate Student
    Audio Engineer: Liam Arias, WOW Student Employee and Radio, TV, Film Major
    Coordinator: Vianey Torres, WOW Student Employee and Nursing Major

    For more information on the WOW Middle School Reading Ambassadors (MSRAP), visit wowlit.org. 

    We Can Promote Global Literature Together!

    The Worlds of Words Reading Ambassador program is completely free for participants who receive a book for themselves and a book to share with their school librarian, ELA/English teacher, or other school entity. If you would like to support this program, please make a gift on-line through the University of Arizona Foundation.

    Thank you for listening and keep reading!

    10 min
  • WOW Reads: Bonus - Reading Ambassadors on Outstanding International Books

    Join the WOW Center Middle School and Teen Reading Ambassadors as we discuss the 2023 Outstanding International Books from the United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) and the International Board on Books for Young People's (IBBY) 2020 and 2022 Illustration Honor Book.

    The Reading Ambassadors specifically mention the following books in this podcast:
    This is Our Place by Vitor Martins (USBBY OIB)
    Last Week by Bill Richardson and Emilie Leduc (USBBY OIB)
    The Invisible by Tom Percival (IBBY Honor List - Illustration)

    This podcast was recorded in the Digital Innovation and Learning Lab (DIALL) in the UArizona College of Education with assistance from the UA COE Tech Team.

    Co-Producer: Rebecca Ballenger, WOW Center Associate Director
    Audio Engineer: Liam Arias, Student Employee and Radio, TV, Film Major
    Coordinator: Vianey Torres, WOW Student Employee and Nursing Major

    For more information on the WOW Teen Reading Ambassadors (TRAP), visit wowlit.org.

    We Can Promote Global Literature Together!

    The Worlds of Words Reading Ambassador program is completely free for participants who receive a book for themselves and a book to share with their school librarian, ELA/English teacher, or other school entity. If you would like to support this program, please make a gift on-line through the University of Arizona Foundation.

    Thank you for listening and keep reading!

    15 min
  • WOW Reads: Bonus - TRAP Joins NEA's Big Read Tucson

    Join the WOW Center Teen Reading Ambassadors (TRAP) as we discuss Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz and We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade as part of the National Endowment of the Arts' (NEA) Big Read Tucson.

    This podcast was recorded in the Digital Innovation and Learning Lab (DIALL) in the UArizona College of Education with assistance from the UA COE Tech Team.

    Co-Producer: Rebecca Ballenger, WOW Center Associate Director
    Co-Producer: Sara Logan, MSRAP Literature Discussant and COE Graduate Student
    Audio Engineer: Liam Arias, Student Employee and Radio, TV, Film Major
    Coordinator: Vianey Torres, WOW Student Employee and Nursing Major

    For more information on the WOW Teen Reading Ambassadors (TRAP), visit wowlit.org.

    We Can Promote Global Literature Together!

    The Worlds of Words Reading Ambassador program is completely free for participants who receive a book for themselves and a book to share with their school librarian, ELA/English teacher, or other school entity. If you would like to support this program, please make a gift on-line through the University of Arizona Foundation.

    Thank you for listening and keep reading!

    31 min
  • Announcement: Meet Guadalupe Garcia McCall with TRAP

    Join the Worlds of Words Teen Reading Ambassadors (TRAP) to meet Guadalupe Garcia McCall, author of Echoes of Grace, at the 2023 Tucson Festival of Books. Our session takes place at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 4 in room 349 of the UArizona College of Education.

    For more information on TRAP, please visit wowlit.org.

    We Can Promote Global Literature Together!

    The Worlds of Words Reading Ambassador program is completely free for participants who receive a book for themselves and a book to share with their school librarian, ELA/English teacher, or other school entity. If you would like to support this program, please make a gift on-line through the University of Arizona Foundation.

    Thank you for listening and keep reading!

    1 min
  • WOW Reads: Episode 4 - TRAP Reads A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin

    Join the WOW Center Teen Reading Ambassadors (TRAP) as we discuss A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin.

    This podcast was recorded in the Digital Innovation and Learning Lab (DIALL) in the UArizona College of Education with assistance from the UA COE Tech Team.

    Co-Producer: Rebecca Ballenger, WOW Center Associate Director
    Co-Producer: Sara Logan, MSRAP Literature Discussant and COE Graduate Student
    Audio Engineer: Liam Arias, Student Employee and Radio, TV, Film Major
    Coordinator: Vianey Torres, WOW Student Employee and Nursing Major

    For more information on the WOW Teen Reading Ambassadors (TRAP), visit wowlit.org.

    We Can Promote Global Literature Together!

    The Worlds of Words Reading Ambassador program is completely free for participants who receive a book for themselves and a book to share with their school librarian, ELA/English teacher, or other school entity. If you would like to support this program, please make a gift on-line through the University of Arizona Foundation.

    Thank you for listening and keep reading!

    18 min
  • Announcement: Meet Daniel Nayeri with MSRAP

    The WOW Center Middle School Reading Ambassadors invite you to join us in meeting Daniel Nayeri, author of The Many Assassinations of Samir the Seller of Dreams, at the 2023 Tucson Festival of Books. Our session takes place at 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 5 in room 351 of the UArizona College of Education.

    For more information on the WOW Middle School Reading Ambassadors (MSRAP), visit wowlit.org.

    We Can Promote Global Literature Together!

    The Worlds of Words Reading Ambassador program is completely free for participants who receive a book for themselves and a book to share with their school librarian, ELA/English teacher, or other school entity. If you would like to support this program, please make a gift on-line through the University of Arizona Foundation.

    Thank you for listening and keep reading!

    1 min
  • WOW Reads: Episode 3 - MSRAP Reads The Hidden Knife by Melissa Marr

    Join the WOW Center Middle School Reading Ambassadors (MSRAP) as we discuss The Hidden Knife by Melissa Marr.

    This podcast was recorded in the Digital Innovation and Learning Lab (DIALL) in the UArizona College of Education with assistance from the UA COE Tech Team.

    Co-Producer: Rebecca Ballenger, WOW Center Associate Director
    Co-Producer: Sara Logan, Literature Discussant and COE Graduate Student
    Audio Engineer: Liam Arias, Student Employee and Radio, TV, Film Major
    Coordinator: Vianey Torres, WOW Student Employee and Nursing Major

    For more information on the WOW Middle School Reading Ambassadors (MSRAP), visit wowlit.org. 

    We Can Promote Global Literature Together!

    The Worlds of Words Reading Ambassador program is completely free for participants who receive a book for themselves and a book to share with their school librarian, ELA/English teacher, or other school entity. If you would like to support this program, please make a gift on-line through the University of Arizona Foundation.

    Thank you for listening and keep reading!

    16 min
  • WOW Reads: Episode 2 - TRAP Reads The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow & Liz Lawson

    Join the WOW Center Teen Reading Ambassadors (TRAP) as we discuss The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow & Liz Lawson.

    This podcast was recorded in the Digital Innovation and Learning Lab (DIALL) in the UArizona College of Education with assistance from the UA COE Tech Team.

    Co-Producer: Rebecca Ballenger, WOW Center Associate Director
    Co-Producer: Sara Logan, MSRAP Literature Discussant and COE Graduate Student
    Audio Engineer: Liam Arias, Student Employee and Radio, TV, Film Major
    Coordinator: Vianey Torres, WOW Student Employee and Nursing Major

    For more information on the WOW Teen Reading Ambassadors (TRAP), visit wowlit.org.

    We Can Promote Global Literature Together!

    The Worlds of Words Reading Ambassador program is completely free for participants who receive a book for themselves and a book to share with their school librarian, ELA/English teacher, or other school entity. If you would like to support this program, please make a gift on-line through the University of Arizona Foundation.

    Thank you for listening and keep reading!

    15 min

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Worlds of Words Center of Global Literacies and Literatures is committed to creating an international network of people who share the vision of bringing books and children together, thereby opening…